Media tablets to become the fourth largest application for semiconductors in 2014

Telecom Lead India: Media tablets in 2014 will
become the fourth largest application for semiconductors, up from 35th in
2010. Apple iPad will be fuelling this significant growth.

Sales of semiconductors for use in media tablets will
increase to $18.2 billion in 2014, up from $2.6 billion in 2010.

In 2014, sales of semiconductors for tablets are expected
to exceed by mobile handsets, mobile PCs and desktop PCs. Media tablet
semiconductor sales in 2010 ranked lower than the relatively small-scale
applications of workstations, USB flash drives, mobile wireless broadband
wireless access devices and flat-panel monitors.

Driven primarily by Apple’s iPad, the media tablet in
four years is expected to scale semiconductor heights that took more than a
decade for other products to attain, such as notebook PCs and cellphones. This
meteoric ascension will have major repercussions for the global semiconductor
industry, as it realigns to accommodate the fast growth and vast size of the
media tablet market,” said Dale Ford, head of electronics & semiconductor
research for IHS.

Media tablets rose to become the eighth largest
semiconductor market in 2011 from the No. 35 position in 2010. Their ranking
will climb to fifth place in 2012, and then rise to fourth in 2014.

Mobile handsets will become the world’s largest semiconductor
application in 2012, for the first time ever exceeding mobile PCs as the
leading chip segment.

The rise of specific applications has led to the creation
of semiconductor companies such as the PC microprocessor major Intel or the
cellphone chipset giant Qualcomm.

Beyond yielding vast revenues for application processors,
baseband and radio frequency (RF) chips, media tablets also are creating
exciting opportunities for the makers of NAND flash and DRAM, wireless
integrated circuits, image sensors, microelectromechanical sensors,
light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and power management ICs.

Apple unveils new iPad at $499

Apple has launched the new iPad, featuring new Retina
display. The main features of the Apple iPad include new A5X chip with
quad-core graphics and a 5 megapixel iSight camera with advanced optics for
capturing amazing photos and 1080p HD video. Apple claims that iPad with Wi-Fi
+ 4G connects to fast networks, including AT&T’s and Verizon’s 4G LTE
networks. It delivers 10 hour battery life.

Source: IHS iSuppli March 2012

Source: IHS iSuppli March 2012

Source: IHS iSuppli March 2012

editor@telecomlead.com